When the FTA contacts you, respond properly and on time.

What FTA compliance support covers

Most businesses meet the Federal Tax Authority through routine filing. Some meet it another way: a notice arrives, a penalty is assessed, an audit is opened, or an error is found in a return that was already submitted. That is a different kind of work from preparing a return, and it is time-sensitive in a way that routine compliance is not.

FTA notice assistance

A notice from the FTA has a response window, and the window is short. We read what has actually been asked, establish which period and which return it relates to, assemble the supporting records, and prepare a response that answers the question rather than inviting a follow-up. The most common mistake is replying quickly and incompletely.

Tax penalty review

Penalties are not always correctly assessed, and they are not always what a business assumes. Since Cabinet Decision No. 129 of 2025 took effect on 14 April 2026, late payment accrues at 14 percent per annum charged monthly on the outstanding balance, replacing the older compounding structure. Late filing is AED 1,000 for a first offence and AED 2,000 if repeated within 24 months. Late registration is a fixed AED 10,000. We check what has been applied, against which period, and whether the calculation is right.

Reconsideration support

Where a decision appears incorrect, a reconsideration request can be submitted to the FTA within the prescribed period. This is a documentary exercise, not a negotiation: it succeeds on evidence and on addressing the specific basis of the decision. We assemble the facts, the records and the argument. Deadlines here are strict and missing one generally closes the route.

Voluntary disclosure support

Where an error is found in a submitted return, voluntary disclosure is the mechanism to correct it. The threshold is a tax difference of AED 10,000 per error, with a 20 business day window from discovery. A monthly penalty of 1 percent applies on the tax difference, running from the day after the original due date until the disclosure is submitted, which means the cost is a direct function of delay. Below the threshold, an error can generally be corrected in the next return.

Tax audit support

An FTA audit is a review of records against filed positions. What determines the outcome is whether the records support what was filed and whether they can be produced quickly and coherently. We prepare the file, reconcile returns to the ledgers, identify weak points before the auditor does, and handle information requests through the process.

FTA correspondence and record review

Ongoing correspondence, clarification requests and record reviews are handled as part of the engagement. Where a business has never reconciled its filed returns to its accounting records, that reconciliation is usually the first piece of work, because it is the question that gets asked in every scenario above.

Compliance health check

A structured review of registration status, filing history, payment history, record quality and open exposures, producing a written summary of what is in order and what needs attention. Businesses generally commission this after an acquisition, before an audit, or when new management inherits an unclear position.

What we do, and what requires a registered Tax Agent

We provide accounting support, record preparation, reconciliation, computation and document assembly. Formal representation before the Federal Tax Authority as a Tax Agent is a regulated activity, restricted to persons and firms registered with the FTA for that purpose. Where a matter requires registered Tax Agent representation, that element is carried out by or through appropriately registered professionals, and we will tell you clearly when that applies to your situation rather than after you have engaged us.

Note also that registered Tax Agents are not employees of the Federal Tax Authority and no firm should present itself as affiliated with the Authority.

Where to start

If you have received something from the FTA, the response window has already started. Send us what you received and we will tell you what it is, what it relates to and what the deadline is. See also Corporate Tax filing, VAT return filing and audit support.